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拖泥带水
tuō ní dài shuǐ
What 拖泥带水 means
- idiommuddy and wet
- idiom(of speech, writing etc) slovenly; sloppy; (of actions) indecisive
The characters in 拖泥带水
- 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
- 泥nímud; clay; paste
- 带dàiband; belt; girdle
- 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
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